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in 2009, president barack obama nominated and the u.s. senate confirmed sonya sotomayor as the 111th justice at the u.s. supreme court. [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] after i got to washington in 2009, i met a whole bunch of texans -- [laughter] from everywhere in the large state, and i've been repeatedly invited to visit. you know, when you get a new job, you're a little busy, so i had not been able to come, but it's the tribute to the warmth of the people i met then that have been concerned in the few hours that i've been here already, that this is the third city on my tour. i was first in washington, my new home. i went back to the home of my heart, new york, over the weekend, and as you saw on television, i was back and forth a lot between the two. [laughter] this is my first trip outside. i'm delighted that this is my first trip to texas, and that i'm here in houston. thank you. [applause] i wanted to visit more than one city, and i am going to os p, but i can't visit every place i want to. i still have a day job, and i
in 2009, president barack obama nominated and the u.s. senate confirmed sonya sotomayor as the 111th justice at the u.s. supreme court. [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] after i got to washington in 2009, i met a whole bunch of texans -- [laughter] from everywhere in the large state, and i've been repeatedly invited to visit. you know, when you get a new job, you're a little busy, so i had not been able to come, but it's the tribute to the warmth of the people i met then that have...
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we are in the age of obama. but one great black man living in public housing, with his family, cannot turn the tide. he is a great man. and if a brother going to be in public housing, let it be 1600 pennsylvania avenue. no doubt. no doubt about that. [applause] >> i just want to see him come out one time in tube socks. with a housecoat on. with his skull cap. whassup? that's just my fantasy. they're wonderful, beautiful, brilliant people. the first lady, the president, and their two wonderful children. but we want all families that are black and latino and asian and other first nation indentallous people to be treat with equal respect and dignity, and we want all of our kid, like sasha and malia to be treated with love and reference and the recognition thats is due them, and talk about these issues because they're extremely important. so i'm going to introduce our speakers in the order in which they will appear. first of owl, professor sharon davies, is very gifted scholar. she is -- she was a harlem scholar and
we are in the age of obama. but one great black man living in public housing, with his family, cannot turn the tide. he is a great man. and if a brother going to be in public housing, let it be 1600 pennsylvania avenue. no doubt. no doubt about that. [applause] >> i just want to see him come out one time in tube socks. with a housecoat on. with his skull cap. whassup? that's just my fantasy. they're wonderful, beautiful, brilliant people. the first lady, the president, and their two...
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administration and barack obama himself, they understand that they are focused in, to be effective in their relationships, they have to work well together. europe is a strong partnership. >> [inaudible question] >> i think it will require important adjustments and policies on both sides of the atlantic. it will eventually be done in the time span that you outlined. >> that would be one of the adjustments needed. >> i feel that there is a new sense of realism about europe within europe. the breakup of the euro, exit from the eurozone, all of these difficulties. all of the cynics who knew all of the answers had you never had any permanent data mechanism, you will never get to a point where you make it is and it is important. the european council is now moving on. when we didn't support the tax of [inaudible] , because their implications, yet the first meeting, it was the first item on the agenda. the countries that supported this could get out of. i think during this current time, we need to start the negotiations for free trade between the eu and the u.s. the greatest trading block on
administration and barack obama himself, they understand that they are focused in, to be effective in their relationships, they have to work well together. europe is a strong partnership. >> [inaudible question] >> i think it will require important adjustments and policies on both sides of the atlantic. it will eventually be done in the time span that you outlined. >> that would be one of the adjustments needed. >> i feel that there is a new sense of realism about europe...
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president obama lester said he was supportive of it. you have been there and done that. >> we have moved well beyond that. we took a step towards civil union as an interim step. i'm convinced if we hadn't done that our supreme court would not have said --. >> why? >> we were out in front of this thing and i think the supreme court needed to understand that the world did not come to an and if you took this issue on. i was very proud and it's interesting governor nancy weinman who is a great and wonderful person who i get to work with every day one of our touch-points was years ago civilians came up to be considereconsidered by the judiciary committee in the state for the first time and i put a call for leaders and state-wide officeholders to come and testify on behalf. she was the only state-wide to show up and i was the only -- to show up. two years later passed. i think it embolden the supreme court to say marriage discrimination was not acceptable and we codified that. as an aside became governor we passed the gender identity of the s
president obama lester said he was supportive of it. you have been there and done that. >> we have moved well beyond that. we took a step towards civil union as an interim step. i'm convinced if we hadn't done that our supreme court would not have said --. >> why? >> we were out in front of this thing and i think the supreme court needed to understand that the world did not come to an and if you took this issue on. i was very proud and it's interesting governor nancy weinman...
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president obama's health care law resulted in higher premiums and has made access to quality health care and innovation tougher. if we want to reverse this trend, we should start by choosing to repeal the new taxes that are increasing the cost of health care and health insurance, like the medical device tax. aaron czajkowski has been one that's been so many years in baltimore. she treats patients suffering from crippling neck and back pain. over time, she discovered that she suffered from the very condition that she treats. she went in for surgery and god were she got her hip replaced. thankfully she's on the mend. obamacare makes it hard for those research innovation in the united states and patients like this woman to get the care that they need. obamacare unnecessarily raises the cost of health care. even those who have pre-existing conditions could get the coverage they need without a trillion dollar government program costing all of us more. that is only the tip of the iceberg when we talk about health care reform. many families like mine are dealing with the challenges presented by
president obama's health care law resulted in higher premiums and has made access to quality health care and innovation tougher. if we want to reverse this trend, we should start by choosing to repeal the new taxes that are increasing the cost of health care and health insurance, like the medical device tax. aaron czajkowski has been one that's been so many years in baltimore. she treats patients suffering from crippling neck and back pain. over time, she discovered that she suffered from the...
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and also future president barack obama. [applause] imagine that. [applause] >> i had the privilege of speaking at her funeral as well. but what can you say in the company of that greatness. >> we are so pleased to have rosa parks be part of the capital of the united states. [applause] [applause] >> the legislation passed. that funeral was november 2, and on december 1, president george w. bush signed into law. [applause] fifty years to the day that rosa parks sat down on the bus in montgomery, alabama. fifty years to the day. [applause] rosa parks would feel right at home in the presence of many other american heroes. [inaudible] her son could not be here, but he said that i could share these words about her. he said that most of the time, change does not happen fast. most of the time, it happens bit by bit, little by little. one person's action with the other. rosa parks did what was natural. one person's actions inspired change. we will remember with admiration the simple act of a varied woman. a woman of many talents. by dedicating the statue, w
and also future president barack obama. [applause] imagine that. [applause] >> i had the privilege of speaking at her funeral as well. but what can you say in the company of that greatness. >> we are so pleased to have rosa parks be part of the capital of the united states. [applause] [applause] >> the legislation passed. that funeral was november 2, and on december 1, president george w. bush signed into law. [applause] fifty years to the day that rosa parks sat down on the...
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obama had said now listen, this is all you're going to get. don't think you can come back and say i think three or more brigades do the trick. this is it. so no coincidence in 18 months to the day, obama appears and says he's pulling out all of the surge troops. not just through 5000, but all of them in the next year because basically it hadn't worked. he had a good situation because he could retrieve this is a victory because it killed osama bin laden. they had taliban troops in the field. the afghan arbutus getting better, but she didn't need the extra 33,000 troops to do all that. so he changed the mission and what has happened since his counterinsurgency has disappeared because of the failure of afghanistan's now abandoned us and that we shouldn't do and were reverting back to a new american way of war, which involves small footprint, drums from the sky, small commando raids, the opposite of counterinsurgency and on the one hand, at least for not sending 100,000 troops tamale or uganda. on the other hand they fear what this does do is set
obama had said now listen, this is all you're going to get. don't think you can come back and say i think three or more brigades do the trick. this is it. so no coincidence in 18 months to the day, obama appears and says he's pulling out all of the surge troops. not just through 5000, but all of them in the next year because basically it hadn't worked. he had a good situation because he could retrieve this is a victory because it killed osama bin laden. they had taliban troops in the field. the...
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this is not the obama administration, bush administration, clinton administration. this is accused of many people in the region about america and i think it's unfortunate because clearly what the united states stands for is in line with what the arab revolution has been publicly espousing. secondly, i think we have done, and i take responsibility along with our entire government and congress and perhaps our dear. we've not done a very good job in recent years, reaching out in a public media way or in a culturally affect his way to explain ourselves. and now, i'm always encountering so many conspiracy theories totally off base, wild, made up stats with the media and region permits about the name date is century. no one will believe it or we can't possibly contested. i think we have to be in there every single day. i made a point of reaching out to al jazeera when i became secretary of state he says he was on relentlessly negative about us. has said that is not only inaccurate, but deeply unfair. the response to me was your government never put anybody on al jazeera.
this is not the obama administration, bush administration, clinton administration. this is accused of many people in the region about america and i think it's unfortunate because clearly what the united states stands for is in line with what the arab revolution has been publicly espousing. secondly, i think we have done, and i take responsibility along with our entire government and congress and perhaps our dear. we've not done a very good job in recent years, reaching out in a public media way...
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it's one thing to say president obama is not responding. >> host: but what are we doing? >> guest: but what are we doing so that he has to respond and to me if you are not using that leverage, everyone knows that it's the black vote -- >> host: 93%. >> guest: the latino vote was decisive in the last election, women. each of these groups who played a role in electing him, that is why in my view when i came here for the not gration, i said and the day before the not duration i gave a speech to the morehouse alums who came and i said the important day is not tomorrow. we celebrate then. the important day as the day after tomorrow. what are we going to do them? for a lot of people they went home. >> host: that is true, and celebrated. it is a milestone. i never thought in my lifetime i would see a black president so it is. we talked a great deal about the movement and we have talked very little bit about you but i think we are getting to to know you and your comments. you added to dr. king's papers. there are several papers here, papers from boston university where you went t
it's one thing to say president obama is not responding. >> host: but what are we doing? >> guest: but what are we doing so that he has to respond and to me if you are not using that leverage, everyone knows that it's the black vote -- >> host: 93%. >> guest: the latino vote was decisive in the last election, women. each of these groups who played a role in electing him, that is why in my view when i came here for the not gration, i said and the day before the not...
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president obama and his administration have a partner to tribal sovereignty who believes in a right to determine our course and understands what we've always known to be true, the indian nations are best government for indian people. [applause] this partisanship, partnership extends throughout the federal government on both sides of the aisle because indian issues are not partisan issues. the result has had a measurable impact. today, more trades are managing resources instead of managing poverty programs. residents of rural oklahoma transfer health facilities first because they offer the best services around. other governments see traditional knowledge of resources, non-native people com2 s. for jobs and educational opportunities in companies partner with us to set it in businesses and reservations. it's no wonder more highly skilled and educated native young people are coming back to serving our communities as doctors, lawyers, teachers, engineers, entrepreneurs and revitalizing our economies, tribes are key players in america's economic recovery. my tribe. the chickasaw nation. [app
president obama and his administration have a partner to tribal sovereignty who believes in a right to determine our course and understands what we've always known to be true, the indian nations are best government for indian people. [applause] this partisanship, partnership extends throughout the federal government on both sides of the aisle because indian issues are not partisan issues. the result has had a measurable impact. today, more trades are managing resources instead of managing...
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. >> have you had a chance to talk with president obama himself on the gun issue? if so, what if he told them? >> now, i have a hunt that. he might do you to? >> the calls come from him to me. i'd be delighted to talk to him, but he's got a lot on his mind. >> is it fair to paint video games and hollywood films as a fact or not shootings? >> is sort of predict the bullet and away. there were people who suggested, a further reason for people before any of this existed. if you look at the history, this kind of a lurching to suggest that this is the root cause of the problems. and we take advantage for one in and suggest something and not his debate that goes on in the introduction was involved in these issues. it's not a seventh-largest producer comes. we were number one, but if you asked me where we need to be focusing a lot of our attention, it is in the mental health base. i mention the mental health parity legislation. pete domenici, ted kennedy, many others. gordon smith. we are deeply involved in this, but it happened to have been chairing the committee of the
. >> have you had a chance to talk with president obama himself on the gun issue? if so, what if he told them? >> now, i have a hunt that. he might do you to? >> the calls come from him to me. i'd be delighted to talk to him, but he's got a lot on his mind. >> is it fair to paint video games and hollywood films as a fact or not shootings? >> is sort of predict the bullet and away. there were people who suggested, a further reason for people before any of this...